Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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